Still trying to get mailgun to work. What do you guys think? Any other options for cheap smtp? Authorized Recipients Overview If you're on the Free plan without credit card information present or using your sandbox domain for testing, you're restricted to sending just to Authorized R…

Most often, the alternative I read is usually Amazon SES or Sendgrid. It depends on your needs. I found a comparison sheet, it might help: Comparison sheet: The best SMTP and Email API services Sheet1 Postmark,Sendgrid,Mailgun,MessageBird (formely Sparkpost),Amazon SES,Mailchimp Tran…

Looks like that restriction is in part to avoid their system being used by spammers, that don’t have a validated account with a payment card: "If you’re on the Free plan without credit card information present or using your sandbox domain for testing, you’re restricted to sending just to Authorized…

Ok yeah that’s what I was thinking. But I don’t see anywhere to enter credit card without upgrading….

That might be required to activate/validate your account, but if they are still doing the flex plan option that doesn’t charge anything for low-volume sending of less than 1,000 e-mails a month. Seemed like they may be in the process of discontinuing that plan or at least not advertising that to th…

[image] Micah hoffmann: Any other options for cheap smtp? I’ve been using https://www.smtp2go.com/ and it’s worked flawlessly so far and it’s free. Tech support responds faster than any tech company I’ve ever used.

It’s free for 200 messages per day, and then jumps to $10/month, which is the same $1/1000 messsages that mailgun charges, except mailgun will charge actual usage and not $10.

had to pay for an email through godaddy, but using smtp2go, I am now working…

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Arkshine June 9, 2024, 10:12pm 2

Most often, the alternative I read is usually Amazon SES or Sendgrid.
It depends on your needs.

I found a comparison sheet, it might help:

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